Broom



(No Medal.)

D. B. TURNEY.

- BROOM.

No. 288,959. Patented Nov. 20, 1883.

ATTORNEYS.

PATENT DAVID B. runnnr, or 'nnno, ARKANSAS.

BROOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,959, dated November 20, 1883. Application filed June 4, 1883. (No model.)

provement in Brooms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referenoe being bad to the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved head for brooms and brushes of all kinds; and the invention consists of the novel construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a brush embodying my invention. Fig. 2

is a sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

A indicates a series of elastic strips, of suitable material, which are adapted to be bent into a U-sbaped form. These strips are atcached at their centers to a screw-threaded rod, B, which is to be inserted through a perforation, C, in the bottom of ahollow U shaped casing, D, and screwed into the handle E in such manneras to compress the springs and draw them into the said casing. The springstrips are formed with points F, formed in or attached to their surfaces, to hold tufts of hair, broom-corn, or other suitable material, which are to be placed between the ends of the springs before the latter are inserted into the casing. The said tufts may be wrapped with cord or wire before being placed between the strips, and they are to be softened with water, to allow the points F to be embeddedein them by compression.

G indicates wire hooks pivoted in the edges of the strips, and adapted to be turned inward to engage with and hold said tufts when the latter are wrapped with cord or wire. Other analogous devices may be employed for engaging the tufts to prevent them from being accidentally withdrawn from the strips. The

binding effect of the casing upon the spring strips or holders may in some cases suffice for holdingthe tufts, and consequently the books may sometimes be omitted. The ends of the strips may be perforated at the corners, and wires may be drawn around the tufts and se cured to the said ends as another means of securing the tufts in position. The casing, which maybe of any ornamental design, is to be provided with open spaces I, to admit air for drying the broom-corn, &c., after the latter is secured in place.

With the above construction a new broom may be made in a few minutes by simply taking the head apart, removing the old tufts, and replacing new.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to use a screw-operated clamp for drawing and holding broom material in a broom-head; and I do not claim such a construction, broadly.

Havingthus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the screw,-the casing, and the handle, of the elastic strips secured to the screw, and having means for holding tufts of broom material between them, substantially as shown and described.

DAVID BUTLER TURKEY.

Witnesses:

ELIsHA H. Soo'rnn, J. H. Hour. 

